After dominating practice and first qualifying, World Endurance Champions and current series leaders Suzuki Castrol posted the second fastest time for tomorrow’s 24-hour Le Mans World Endurance second round in France. SERT rider Vincent Philippe set the early pace aboard the French squad’s GSX-R1000 with the Suzuki Castrol number two team a close second until yesterday’s night practice when they recorded provisional pole position. The fastest team today was Yamaha GMT94 with a time of 1:38.174 ahead of Suzuki Castrol (1:38.354), Yamaha Austria (1:38.631) and Suzuki Castrol 2 (1:38.663). A 45-minute warm up session starts at 10.30am local time tomorrow with the race at 12.30pm. Qualifying Results: 1: Yamaha GMT94 – FRA – Yamaha YZF-R1 – S.Gimbert – 1:38.174 2: Suzuki Castrol Team – FRA – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – M.Lagrive – 1:38.354 3: Yamaha Austria – AUT – Yamaha YZF-R1 – G.Giabbani – 1:38.631 4: Suzuki Castrol Team – FRA – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – J. Da Costa – 1:38.663 5: Team Kawasaki France – FRA – Kawasaki ZX10R – P.Piot – 1:39.430 6: Honda National Motos – FRA – Honda CBR1000RR – O.Four – 1:39.888 7: Kawasaki Maccio Racing – FRA – Kawasaki ZX10RR – F.Moisan – 1:40.930 8: Junior Team Suzuki LMS – FRA – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – T.Metro – 1:40.979 9: Yamaha Endurance Moto38 – FRA – Yamaha YZF-R1 – D.Bouan – 1:41.216 10: Yamaha Phase One Endurance – GBR – Yamaha YZF-R1 – W.Nowland – 1:41.249 More, from a press release issued by FGSport Group, organizers of the Endurance World Championship series: Le Mans Final Qualifying: Yamaha GMT94 Pole Suzuki Castrol No.1 2nd – Yamaha Austria 3rd Sebastien Gimbert for Yamaha GMT94 was fastest in today’s session 1; his 1:38.174 was almost half a second clear of Vincent Philippe’s 1:38.608 for Suzuki Castrol. Yamaha Austria ‘s Igor Jerman (1:41.042) was sixth fastest, ahead of seventh placed Warwick Nowland’s 1:41.249 for Yamaha Phase One Endurance. Suzuki Castrol No1’s Keiichi Kitagawa (1:39.370) was fastest in today’s session 2, but could not match Philippe or Gimbert’s time. Yamaha Austria’s Sebastien Scarnato (1:38.846) was third, Kawasaki Bolliger’s Patric Muff (1:1:41.815) was seventh and Denis Bouan for Yamaha Endurance Moto38 (1:41.824) was eighth. Gwen Giabbani moved Yamaha Austria up to the top of the timing screen in today’s third session. His time of 1:38.631 was in front of yesterday’s fastest man, Suzuki Castrol’s Matthieu Lagrive, who’s best time today was 1:38.649. So Yamaha GMT94 have taken the overall provisional pole position, ahead of Suzuki Castrol No.1 in second place and Yamaha Austria in third. Fourth place went to the No.2 Suzuki Castrol team and fifth to Team Kawasaki France. Yamaha Endurance Moto38 were the third fastest qualifying permanent team in ninth place, in front of Yamaha Phase One Endurance in tenth, Kawasaki Bolliger in 11th place, Suzuki Fagersjo-el.se in 14th, Yamaha Team Acropolis Zone Rouge 99 in 15th and Kawasaki Diablo 666 in 17th overall. Provisional Top Ten Qualifying Positions 1st 94 – Yamaha GMT94 – FRA – Yamaha YZF-R1 – S.Gimbert – 1:38.174 2nd 1 – Suzuki Castrol Team – FRA – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – M.Lagrive – 1:38.354 3rd 7 – Yamaha Austria – AUT – Yamaha YZF-R1 – G.Giabbani – 1:38.631 4th 2 – Suzuki Castrol Team – FRA – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – J. Da Costa – 1:38.663 5th 111 Team Kawasaki France – FRA – Kawasaki ZX10R – P.Piot – 1:39.430 6th 55 – Honda National Motos – FRA – Honda CBR1000RR – O.Four – 1:39.888 7th 83 – Kawasaki Maccio Racing – FRA – Kawasaki ZX10RR – F.Moisan – 1:40.930 8th 72 – Junior Team Suzuki LMS – FRA – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – T.Metro – 1:40.979 9th 38 – Yamaha Endurance Moto38 – FRA – Yamaha YZF-R1 – D.Bouan – 1:41.216 10th – 3 – Yamaha Phase One Endurance – GBR – Yamaha YZF-R1 – W.Nowland – 1:41.249